* Jason White, Oklahoma, threw for 394 yards and four touchdowns in the top-ranked Sooners' 56-25 victory over Texas Tech.
* Chris Perry, Michigan, ran for 154 yards and two scores, leading the fifth-ranked Wolverines to a 35-21 win over No. 4 Ohio State.
* Vernand Morency, Oklahoma State, ran for 227 yards and a score -- his second straight game with 200 or more yards -- as No. 24 Oklahoma State beat Baylor 38-21.
* Chris Henry, West Virginia, had six catches for 209 yards and two touchdowns as No. 25 West Virginia beat Syracuse 34-23.
* Derrick Knight, Boston College, ran for 197 yards and two touchdowns in a 34-12 upset over No. 12 Virginia Tech.
* Jeff Smoker, Michigan State, threw for 357 yards and four touchdowns in Michigan State's a 41-10 victory over Penn State.
* Jason Wright, Northwestern, ran for 251 yards and four touchdowns, leading Northwestern to a 37-20 victory over Illinois.
* Geoff McArthur, California, had 16 catches for 245 yards and two touchdowns as the Golden Bears beat Stanford 28-16.
* Javarus Dudley, Fordham, caught 10 passes for 246 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Rams to a 35-22 win over Towson.
BOOMING SOONERS
Oklahoma completed its 10th unbeaten regular season in 65 years with a 56-25 victory over Texas Tech. The Sooners have won 13 straight, the longest current streak in Division I-A, and surpassed the 50-point mark for a school-record seventh time this season. Oklahoma beat its five Big 12 South foes -- Texas, Texas A&M, Tech, Baylor and Oklahoma State -- by a combined score of 291-50.
LIONS CAGED
Penn State's 41-10 loss to Michigan State ended the worst season in Joe Paterno's 38 years as coach. The Nittany Lions (3-9) lost nine games for the first time in school history and are only the fourth losing team in Paterno's career.
TROPHY CASES
Michigan beat Ohio State 35-21 in the 100th meeting of the storied rivalry. ... No. 16 Purdue beat Indiana 24-16 to win the Old Oaken Bucket for the sixth time in seven years. ... California beat Stanford 28-16 in the 106th Big Game, winning the Axe for the second straight year. ... Oregon beat Oregon State 34-20 in the 107th Civil War. ... Duke reclaimed the Victory Bell with a 30-22 win over North Carolina.
LEG LEADER
Billy Bennett kicked three field goals to become the SEC's career scoring leader with 382 points as No. 6 Georgia beat Kentucky 30-10. His 80 career field goals also set a league record.
WELCOME BACK
Brandon Miree, sidelined since Sept. 20 after suffering a stress fracture in his right leg, ran for a career-high 188 yards and two touchdowns in his first game in two months, leading No. 21 Pittsburgh to a 30-16 win over Temple.
GOOD HANDS
Larry Fitzgerald had seven catches for 102 yards in Pittsburgh's 30-16 win over Temple, and extended his NCAA record for consecutive games with a touchdown to 17.
PERFECT PENN
Penn completed its first perfect season since 1994 with a 59-7 victory over Cornell. The Quakers posted back-to-back 7-0 conference records for only the second time in league history, and first since 1993-94.
RECORD RAIDER
Texas Tech's B.J. Symons broke the NCAA Division I-A single-season record for passing yards in the second quarter of the Red Raiders' 56-25 loss to Oklahoma. His 5,336 yards surpassed Ty Detmer's previous record of 5,188 yards in 1990 with BYU.
SHUTOUTS
No. 9 Tennessee blanked Vanderbilt 48-0, beating the Commodores for the 21st straight year. ... Utah became the first team to shut out Brigham Young in 28 years with a 3-0 victory. The Cougars hadn't been shut out since losing at Arizona State 20-0 in 1975 -- an NCAA-record span of 361 games.
SNAPPED
No. 15 Mississippi had its six-game winning streak snapped with a 17-14 loss to No. 3 LSU. ... Duke ended a 13-game losing streak against North Carolina with a 30-22 win. The Blue Devils hadn't beaten the Tar Heels since 1989, when Steve Spurrier was coach. ... Stanford's 28-16 loss to California was its first at home to the Golden Bears since 1993.
STREAKING
No. 2 Southern California's 47-22 win was its fifth straight over UCLA, the Trojans' longest win streak in the 73-game series. ... No. 18 Miami of Ohio won its 10th straight -- 49-31 over Ohio -- extending its longest winning streak since 1975. ... Oklahoma State has beaten Baylor eight straight times after a 38-21 win. ... Colgate beat Holy Cross 45-38 for its 18th straight victory.
SLUMPING
After a 29-17 loss to Virginia, Georgia Tech hasn't won at Scott Stadium since beating the top-ranked Cavaliers in 1990. ... Illinois lost its 10th game in a row, 37-20 to Northwestern. ... Vanderbilt finished with a losing record for the 21st straight season after a 48-0 loss to Tennessee.
STRONG IN DEFEAT
Brett Dietz was 46-for-78 for 520 yards and four touchdowns in Hanover's 54-32 Division III playoff loss to Baldwin-Wallace. ... Hope's Phil Butler threw for 500 yards and seven touchdowns in a 55-45 Division III playoff loss to Wheaton.
PLAYOFF TIME
Grand Valley State's 65-36 win over Bentley in the Division II playoffs was its fifth consecutive postseason victory. ... John Lennox blocked a winning field-goal attempt in the final seconds and Montclair State held on to beat Allegheny 20-19 in the Division III playoffs. ... T.J. George ran for a 25-yard touchdown in double overtime to give St. Norbert a 26-20 victory over Simpson. ... Joe Schimmel scored on a 2-point conversion in double overtime to give St. Ambrose a 32-31 victory over MidAmerica Nazarene in the NAIA playoffs. ... Dean Littleton blocked an extra point attempt in overtime to give East Texas Baptist a 42-41 win over Trinity.
SPEAKING
"This is as bad a football game as we've played in a long time. I want to get out of here, get on a plane, go home and hug my wife." -- Joe Paterno after Penn State's 41-10 loss to Michigan State. The Nittany Lions lost nine games for the first time in school history, only the fourth losing team in Paterno's career.
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* Chris Perry, Michigan, ran for 154 yards and two scores, leading the fifth-ranked Wolverines to a 35-21 win over No. 4 Ohio State.
* Vernand Morency, Oklahoma State, ran for 227 yards and a score -- his second straight game with 200 or more yards -- as No. 24 Oklahoma State beat Baylor 38-21.
* Chris Henry, West Virginia, had six catches for 209 yards and two touchdowns as No. 25 West Virginia beat Syracuse 34-23.
* Derrick Knight, Boston College, ran for 197 yards and two touchdowns in a 34-12 upset over No. 12 Virginia Tech.
* Jeff Smoker, Michigan State, threw for 357 yards and four touchdowns in Michigan State's a 41-10 victory over Penn State.
* Jason Wright, Northwestern, ran for 251 yards and four touchdowns, leading Northwestern to a 37-20 victory over Illinois.
* Geoff McArthur, California, had 16 catches for 245 yards and two touchdowns as the Golden Bears beat Stanford 28-16.
* Javarus Dudley, Fordham, caught 10 passes for 246 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Rams to a 35-22 win over Towson.
BOOMING SOONERS
Oklahoma completed its 10th unbeaten regular season in 65 years with a 56-25 victory over Texas Tech. The Sooners have won 13 straight, the longest current streak in Division I-A, and surpassed the 50-point mark for a school-record seventh time this season. Oklahoma beat its five Big 12 South foes -- Texas, Texas A&M, Tech, Baylor and Oklahoma State -- by a combined score of 291-50.
LIONS CAGED
Penn State's 41-10 loss to Michigan State ended the worst season in Joe Paterno's 38 years as coach. The Nittany Lions (3-9) lost nine games for the first time in school history and are only the fourth losing team in Paterno's career.
TROPHY CASES
Michigan beat Ohio State 35-21 in the 100th meeting of the storied rivalry. ... No. 16 Purdue beat Indiana 24-16 to win the Old Oaken Bucket for the sixth time in seven years. ... California beat Stanford 28-16 in the 106th Big Game, winning the Axe for the second straight year. ... Oregon beat Oregon State 34-20 in the 107th Civil War. ... Duke reclaimed the Victory Bell with a 30-22 win over North Carolina.
LEG LEADER
Billy Bennett kicked three field goals to become the SEC's career scoring leader with 382 points as No. 6 Georgia beat Kentucky 30-10. His 80 career field goals also set a league record.
WELCOME BACK
Brandon Miree, sidelined since Sept. 20 after suffering a stress fracture in his right leg, ran for a career-high 188 yards and two touchdowns in his first game in two months, leading No. 21 Pittsburgh to a 30-16 win over Temple.
GOOD HANDS
Larry Fitzgerald had seven catches for 102 yards in Pittsburgh's 30-16 win over Temple, and extended his NCAA record for consecutive games with a touchdown to 17.
PERFECT PENN
Penn completed its first perfect season since 1994 with a 59-7 victory over Cornell. The Quakers posted back-to-back 7-0 conference records for only the second time in league history, and first since 1993-94.
RECORD RAIDER
Texas Tech's B.J. Symons broke the NCAA Division I-A single-season record for passing yards in the second quarter of the Red Raiders' 56-25 loss to Oklahoma. His 5,336 yards surpassed Ty Detmer's previous record of 5,188 yards in 1990 with BYU.
SHUTOUTS
No. 9 Tennessee blanked Vanderbilt 48-0, beating the Commodores for the 21st straight year. ... Utah became the first team to shut out Brigham Young in 28 years with a 3-0 victory. The Cougars hadn't been shut out since losing at Arizona State 20-0 in 1975 -- an NCAA-record span of 361 games.
SNAPPED
No. 15 Mississippi had its six-game winning streak snapped with a 17-14 loss to No. 3 LSU. ... Duke ended a 13-game losing streak against North Carolina with a 30-22 win. The Blue Devils hadn't beaten the Tar Heels since 1989, when Steve Spurrier was coach. ... Stanford's 28-16 loss to California was its first at home to the Golden Bears since 1993.
STREAKING
No. 2 Southern California's 47-22 win was its fifth straight over UCLA, the Trojans' longest win streak in the 73-game series. ... No. 18 Miami of Ohio won its 10th straight -- 49-31 over Ohio -- extending its longest winning streak since 1975. ... Oklahoma State has beaten Baylor eight straight times after a 38-21 win. ... Colgate beat Holy Cross 45-38 for its 18th straight victory.
SLUMPING
After a 29-17 loss to Virginia, Georgia Tech hasn't won at Scott Stadium since beating the top-ranked Cavaliers in 1990. ... Illinois lost its 10th game in a row, 37-20 to Northwestern. ... Vanderbilt finished with a losing record for the 21st straight season after a 48-0 loss to Tennessee.
STRONG IN DEFEAT
Brett Dietz was 46-for-78 for 520 yards and four touchdowns in Hanover's 54-32 Division III playoff loss to Baldwin-Wallace. ... Hope's Phil Butler threw for 500 yards and seven touchdowns in a 55-45 Division III playoff loss to Wheaton.
PLAYOFF TIME
Grand Valley State's 65-36 win over Bentley in the Division II playoffs was its fifth consecutive postseason victory. ... John Lennox blocked a winning field-goal attempt in the final seconds and Montclair State held on to beat Allegheny 20-19 in the Division III playoffs. ... T.J. George ran for a 25-yard touchdown in double overtime to give St. Norbert a 26-20 victory over Simpson. ... Joe Schimmel scored on a 2-point conversion in double overtime to give St. Ambrose a 32-31 victory over MidAmerica Nazarene in the NAIA playoffs. ... Dean Littleton blocked an extra point attempt in overtime to give East Texas Baptist a 42-41 win over Trinity.
SPEAKING
"This is as bad a football game as we've played in a long time. I want to get out of here, get on a plane, go home and hug my wife." -- Joe Paterno after Penn State's 41-10 loss to Michigan State. The Nittany Lions lost nine games for the first time in school history, only the fourth losing team in Paterno's career.
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